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For Pacific white shrimp, gender matters when competing for food

12-12-2006 · EurekAlert!

A new study in Journal of the World Aquaculture Society suggests that, while larger shrimp consistently win over smaller shrimp of the same gender when competing for food, male shrimp will almost always beat female shrimp -- even though adult males of the species are typically much smaller than the adult females of the same age.

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